COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) White Supremacist Hate Groups' Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office

Rachel Carroll Rivas, interim director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project discusses her work tracking hate groups and white supremacists engaged in violence - and concerns that these groups and individuals could pose a threat to civil society as Donald Trump takes office and encourages political violence targeting immigrants and his perceived political enemies.

2) The UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violation of International Law in Gaza

Kathy Kelly, board president of the group World Beyond War, who works with the international network Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine, discusses her recent article, "When Will the UN General Assembly Suspend Israel?" and issues related to Israel's ongoing savage war in Gaza, the West Bank (and earlier in Lebanon,) U.S. Middle East policy under the incoming Trump regime, and the devolution of international law.

3) Trump GOP Demonization of Trans Youth Leads to Violence

Media critic Parker Molloy, publisher of the Present Age newsletter, talks about her recent article, "One Day in Anti-Trans America," with a focus on Trump and the GOP's demonization of the trans community, the Democrat's non-response, and the failure of corporate media's coverage of rightwing extremists’ dangerous scapegoating, that leads to violence.

4) Philadelphia Protest Demands Biden Dismantle Government Machinery Trump Will Use for Mass Deportation

Jasmine Rivera, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition discusses her group's December 18th protest action on Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Bridge, demanding President Biden issue directives to protect immigrants from Trump's mass deportation plan before he leaves office, and the nationwide activism that will be necessary to effectively challenge Trump's anti-immigrant policies over the next four years.

COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) Ralph Nader, America's best known and most effective public interest lawyer who ran for president four times as both a Green Party and independent candidate, has always used his platform to advocate for consumer and worker protections while demanding responsible regulation of corporate America’s massive power. Nader, who's latest book is titled, "Let's Start the Revolution: Tools for Displacing the Corporate State and Building a Country that Works for the People," will talk about his effort to convince CT Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal to taken an ethical land moral stand against Israel's mass slaughter of Palestinian civilians in Gaza – as well as commenting on what we can expect from the incoming Trump regime 2.0.

2) Dr. Phil Brewer, a Connecticut emergency physician, who formerly served as Medical Director for Quinnipiac University’s Student Health Services, is active with the group Physicians for a National Health Program. He'll discuss his views on the recent wave of public anger and frustration re: our nation's failing health insurance industry set-off by the murder of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson -- and PNHP's ongoing campaign for the implementation of a universal, single-payer healthcare system in the U.S. that every other industrialized nation in the world has had for decades.

3) John Stoehr, editor of the daily politics newsletter, The Editorial Board, is a journalist, a fellow at Yale’s Ezra Stiles College, a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly, a contributing editor for Religion Dispatches, and senior editor at Raw Story. He'll discuss his recent article, "Kamala Harris wasted money on campaign ads, not Beyoncé," and issues related to America's dangerous media landscape, and the corrosive political impact of widespread disinformation disguised as "news!"

4) Heather Digby Parton has been writing about politics on her blog Hullabaloo since the early 2000s, has been a Salon.com columnist since 2014, and won the 2014 Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism. She'll talk about Trump's cabinet nominees, many of whom come with the strong smell of oligarchy, corruption and retribution, as well as the national fight over the future of social security and Medicare we're likely to see next year.

COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

1) Unanswered Questions After the Overthrow of the Syrian Regime

Phyllis Bennis, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies' New Internationalism Project, focusing on the Middle East, Palestinian rights, and U.S. militarism, talks about the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria by rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, along with an umbrella group of Turkish-backed Syrian militias called the Syrian National Army. She'll also assess the Lebanon ceasefire, Israel's ongoing catastrophic war in Gaza, and what we can expect from Trump et al on Middle East policy.

2) Courageous South Koreans Block the Imposition of a Military Dictatorship

Dr. John Carl Baker, Deputy Director of Programs with Ploughshares discusses the issues examined in his recent Nation magazine article, "South Korean Protesters Thwarted More Than Just a Coup Attempt," as well as the future of US relations with both South and North Korea.

3) Trump 2.0 Corruption and Ethics Violations Ahead

Jeff Hauser, Executive Director of the Revolving Door Project talks about his project's concern re: the history of corruption during Trump's first four years in the White House, and the corruption the nation is likely to witness under the incoming Trump administration -- as well as the consequences of that corruption on government programs and services.

4) Remembering 2012 Sandy Hook Mass Shooting Victims and Assessing the Fight against Gun Violence

Po Murray, co-founder and chairwoman of the Newtown Action Alliance and the Newtown Action Alliance Foundation reflects on the 12th year of remembrance for the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, 2012 -- the National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 11th, and her group's ongoing work to end gun violence across the U.S.